[Az-Geocaching] REI experience

[Andrew Ayre]

The National Park Service, Forest Service, Bureau of Land Management are all
seperate federal departments and manage different pieces of land. All
federal departments are seperate from state departments that manage land.
Each have their own rules. AFAIK FS and BLM is ok for geocaching. However
the FS manages wilderness areas which are not ok. The NPS has banned
geocaching for years.

Andy


  -----Original Message-----
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[mailto:az-geocaching-bounces at listserv.azgeocaching.com]On Behalf Of Crystal
Hinkle
  Sent: Wednesday, July 05, 2006 10:03 PM
  To: listserv at azgeocaching.com
  Subject: Re: [Az-Geocaching] REI experience


  This is from the website.  I confess I don't really know the difference.
Maybe that is where the disconnect is.

  "You will be in violation of federal regulation by placing a cache in any
area administered by the National Park Service (US). The National Park
regulations are intended to protect the fragile environment, and historical
and cultural areas found in the parks."

  Crystal



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[mailto:az-geocaching-bounces at listserv.azgeocaching.com] On Behalf Of Andrew
Ayre
  Sent: Wednesday, July 05, 2006 9:52 PM
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  My understanding was/is forest service land is ok, as long as it isn't a
wilderness area. Has that changed? There are tons of caches in FS managed
land...

  Andy


    -----Original Message-----
    From: az-geocaching-bounces at listserv.azgeocaching.com
[mailto:az-geocaching-bounces at listserv.azgeocaching.com]On Behalf Of Crystal
Hinkle
    Sent: Wednesday, July 05, 2006 9:38 PM
    To: az-geocaching at listserv.azgeocaching.com
    Subject: [Az-Geocaching] REI experience


    Hi everyone...I wanted to share this story with ya'all....

    I went to REI this past weekend for a problem with my GPS.  As the guy
was helping me, he shared his viewpoint on geocaching.  He said that he goes
out on public lands a lot and anytime he sees a cache there, he throws it
away.  My first thought was shock and alarm!  I went home and looked up the
official rules, and he's right.  They are not supposed to be on forest
service land, state land, etc.  However, somehow this message is not getting
out to everyone who places caches.  I told him that it would be better if he
contacted the owner and let them know that he was removing their cache
because it didn't follow the guidelines and he blew me off and said that
they know it's not supposed to be there.  Rather than have him sabbotage my
GPS ;0) I just let that go and finished the troubleshooting and left.  It
disturbed me that he would do such a thing, though.  I just thought I would
bring it up to see if anyone has any thoughts on what people should do if
they find a cache on public lands that shouldn't be there.  Thanks!

    Crystal
    CraftyCrystal
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